Kelowna Youth & Family Services

Relationship Counselling for Families

in Kelowna, B.C.

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Parenting in a Digital Age: United Nations Address for the Global Day of ParentsBy: Deborah MacNamara

We are proud to share with you Dr. Deborah MacNamara’s address to the United Nations in New York for the Global Day of Parents, which she presented in June 2016.

The digital age has reshaped the landscape in which we are raising our children. While our new tools and technologies allow us to do things we could only once dream of, it has also changed the conditions under which we care for our children. What is the impact of the digital age on parenting and child development? In order to answer this question, we will need to ask what comes with these new tools and whether they are what our children need to realize their full human potential.

The Impact of Childhood AnxietyBy: Lynn Lyons

Click on the link below for some articles on how to be there for children and teens with anxiety and some changes to family structure and communication that can make a big difference. Lynn Lyons provides some great insight into this subject.